US Marine Corps Women's Reserve: 'They Are Marines' Uniforms and Equipment in World War II

by Jim Moran

Book Overview

When the US Marine Commandant, Major General Thomas Holcomb, announced the formation of what became the US Marine Corps' Women's Reserve, legend has it that the portrait of the fifth Commandant, Archibald Henderson, fell off the wall and crashed to the floor - 'in disbelief'. This branch of the US Marines was authorized by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 30 July 1942.

This law allowed for the acceptance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152674905X
• ISBN13: 9781526749055
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Frontline Books
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.8" x 9.7"